Chapter 455 Brother

Chapter 455 Brother

The destination of this carriage was the residence given to the dwarves.

When we arrived, they immediately came out to meet us.

The first thing that they did was go around and check my body to see if there were any injuries.

Then they asked me about what had happened.

During all of this, the fourth prince just stood there with a smile on his face. But his eyes...were sharp as he looked at the dwarves. It was almost as if he was analyzing them to see if he could find something special about them.

But if one looked closely, they could see that it wasn't with kind intentions that he was looking at them with...

Rather, it seemed like he was trying to find something that he could use against them in the future.

Even when he wasn't trying to do something specific, he was still trying to find something that would help him in the future.

It was no wonder he was able to do all that in the game.

But now...the flow of plot had changed with the death of the second prince...

The second prince's death was supposed to happen later in the plot, at least several years in the future. However, because of my interference, the second prince had died early.

Even the speech that he made in the end about wanting the throne, that was just like the one that he should have made when he died in the future.

Others wouldn't know this, but I couldn't mistake it since it was one of the important cutscenes in the noble quest line.

It seemed that I really was having an effect on this world.

After they finished asking me about what happened, the dwarves were about to pull me inside to start the banquet that they had prepared.

But before they could, I turned back to the fourth prince who had been silently waiting the entire time.

If I just left without saying anything to the fourth prince, then it wouldn't be good.

So I went to give him a bow, but the fourth prince suddenly came forward and said, "Count Zwein, there's no need for you to do that. You can just act around me like you would a friend."

I was caught off guard by these sudden words from the fourth prince.

I looked at him with a cautious look like I didn't understand what he was planning, but I couldn't read anything from his face.

So I just said, "Your highness, thank you for everything."

The fourth prince raised his hand when he heard this and said, "Count Zwein, there's no need for that. We both got what we wanted out of this and I feel like we've gotten closer because of it."

He came forward with a smile and reached his hand out around my shoulder to pull me in.

As I came closer to him, he looked at me with that smile and said, "Count Zwein, since we've become much closer, I feel like we should change the way that we address each other."

I was completely caught off guard by this sudden suggestion from the fourth prince.

At the same time, I looked at him with a confused look as I had no idea what he wanted to do.

The fourth prince didn't mind this confused way that I looked at him and said with the same smile, "I feel that you are someone that I'm destined to meet, someone I'm destined to get along with. I feel that we will be in each other's lives for a long time."

I couldn't help revealing a strange look when I heard this...

Was the fourth prince...coming on to me?

In the game, the fourth prince had never had a wife or even a fiancee...so there were rumours that he swung the other way that was sprinkled into the game.

I had thought that it was just some flavour text, but...

The way that he was acting now, it really seemed like he was into 'that'.

Was he going to ask me to...?

The fourth prince didn't care about the way that I looked at him as he said, "I feel like we were destined to be brothers, so how about we become sworn brothers?"

I let out a secret sigh of relief after hearing this, but I still had a shocked look on my face when I heard this.

Sworn brothers, that was not a pact that could be made that easily...

Yet the fourth prince wanted to become sworn brothers with me?

Still, even if I didn't want to do this, it wasn't as if I had a choice.

The fourth prince was offering this to me and if I turned him down, there was no doubt that this would offend him.

Before that though, I had to ask, "Your highness, are you sure about this? This isn't something that can be done that easily."

The fourth prince said with a wide smile, "Brother, you don't have to worry about that. Plus, you should call me brother and not your highness anymore."

It was as if he had already gotten an agreement from me with the way that he was calling me 'brother'.

Still, he was right since I wasn't about to disagree.

So I said with a sigh, "Then brother, please take care of me in the future."

The fourth prince gave a satisfied nod as he let go of my shoulder and said with the same smile, "Brother Zwein, you don't need to worry about a thing in the future. Let me take care of it for you."

I gave a nod before saying, "Thank you, brother."

Though on the inside, I couldn't help feeling exhausted.

The fourth prince gave another satisfied nod before heading back into his carriage.

I just stood there and waved at him as he left. He also waved back at me from inside the carriage.

Once he was gone and I was certain that he was gone, I couldn't help giving a small stomp of my foot.

I was frustrated that I had been played by the fourth prince like this and that there was nothing that I could do about it. At the same time, I couldn't help feeling that my future would be dark...

After all, I would be caught up in the plans of the fourth prince.

While others might not know how terrifying he was, I was completely aware of it.

He was the real villain of the game, an existence that was as terrifying as the demon king, but he was a human.

So there was no doubt that bad things would be in store for me.

I could only give a sigh and accept this since it was already determined.

Even if I wasn't happy, there was nothing that I could do about it.

So instead of agonizing over this, it would be better to come up with plans for the future. I had to come up with ways to keep myself and the people that I cared about safe... nOvε-lb.In

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After the carriage left, the fourth prince sat there with a smile on his face as he said to himself, "I have to make sure to get him on my side before they get married or else my sister will make me suffer in the future."